Cisco Vpn 30xx Concentrator up to 3.6.7A ICMP Packet denial of service

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Summary
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Cisco Vpn 30xx Concentrator up to 3.6.7A. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ICMP Packet Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2003-0260. There is no available exploit.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Cisco Vpn 30xx Concentrator up to 3.6.7A (Network Encryption Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ICMP Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
Cisco VPN 3000 series concentrators and Cisco VPN 3002 Hardware Client 2.x.x through 3.6.7A allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slowdown and possibly reload) via a flood of malformed ICMP packets.
The weakness was presented 05/27/2003 with Cisco as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared at kb.cert.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0260 since 05/07/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11594 (Cisco VPN 3000 Series Multiple Vulnerabilities (CSCdea77143, CSCdz15393, CSCdt84906)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO and running in the context l.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11956), Tenable (11594), SecurityFocus (BID 7523†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-2797†). See VDB-20451 and VDB-20452 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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- Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/
CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 11594
Nessus Name: Cisco VPN 3000 Series Multiple Vulnerabilities (CSCdea77143, CSCdz15393, CSCdt84906)
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Timeline
05/07/2003 🔍05/07/2003 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: cisco.comAdvisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2003-0260 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0260
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20453
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X-Force: 11956 - Cisco VPN 3000 series concentrators malformed ICMP packet denial of service
SecurityFocus: 7523 - Cisco VPN Concentrator ICMP Flood Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 2797 - [cisco-sa-20030507-vpn3k] Various flaws in the remote Cisco switch, High
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Entry
Created: 08/12/2014 00:36Updated: 01/21/2025 14:39
Changes: 08/12/2014 00:36 (67), 05/16/2019 16:25 (3), 01/21/2025 14:39 (17)
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